The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer

❤️ loved this book because...

Corporate Grim Reaper teams up with mouthy dead teenage boy to solve his murder. It's a funny combo that works, and the lead female character is just thrown out of her element. Some parts are predictable (the ending), but I can forgive it because of the fast-paced story-telling, world-building, and characters. The audiobook sounded great. I couldn't put it down, and I finished it in two days, which isn't the norm for me.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Maxie Dara ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Murder is not her department. 

It’s not like it used to be. Modern-day grim reapers wear business casual, not black cloaks, and they don’t carry scythes, they work for S. C. Y. T. H. E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), where the Department of Natural Causes is the least exciting gig. And that’s how Kathy Valence likes it: boring and predictable. She has enough stress in her personal life; she’s mid-divorce, pregnant, and terrified she doesn’t have what it takes to be a good mom.

Then, she goes to pick up a new client and finds his…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of With Regrets

❤️ loved this book because...

The book mixed mediums. There were news bulletins, discord chats, group texts, screenplays, and more. The story is told from 4 povs, and each one was unique. I read this earlier and the year, and it sparked my apocalypse/disaster binge. I thought about this book all year. If you're looking for s sci-fi, disaster story that takes place over one very long night, add this book to your tbr.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Lee Kelly ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked With Regrets as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

With Regrets, from author Lee Kelly, is equal parts Big Little Lies and Bird Box, a suburban drama wrapped in a 24-hour survival story at the end of the world, perfect for fans of David Koepp's Aurora.

Seven courses, seven guests, twenty-four hours that will obliterate everything.

When recent NYC-transplant Liz Brinkley and her husband are invited to an exclusive soiree by their neighbor, “lifestyle guru” Britta Harris-Che, Liz’s immediate thought is hell no. Britta is insufferable, and Liz is wary to leave her young children with a barely-teenage babysitter. And yet she RSVPs anyway, trying to extend an olive…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Everyone Here Is Lying

❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Shari Lapena ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Everyone Here Is Lying as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'The most addictive book I've read in ages - so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant.'
LISA JEWELL

'I was obsessed with Everyone Here is Lying . . . Fast paced, tightly-plotted and with twists so well executed they floored me. Loved every word!'
CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'A smart, unguessable mystery set among a cast of satisfyingly flawed characters. Shari Lapena is an auto-buy for me - I always know I'll be in for a treat!'
LOUISE CANDLISH

The gripping new thriller from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

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Book cover of A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer
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Book cover of Everyone Here Is Lying

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